Malaysians have left Port Sudan for Jeddah, says Wisma Putra

Interview session with Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah (Anniversary interview) at his office in Wisma Putra, Putrajaya. IZZRAFIQ ALIAS / The Star. April 22, 2019.

PUTRAJAYA: All 30 Malaysians, who were stranded in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, have safely left Port Sudan for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The Foreign Ministry said all the Malaysians left the port on board a Saudi naval vessel, after an arduous 30-hour journey by land beginning from Khartoum.

"The journey across the Red Sea is expected to take at least 12 hours,” it said in a tweet today (April 26).

Wisma Putra also extended its sincere appreciation to the governments of Saudi Arabia and UAE for making the evacuation a success.

It said that in the spirit of compassion, Malaysia also assisted nationalities from Cambodia, Palestine, Philippines, Singapore, Sudan, Thailand, and the United States to safely leave Sudan under the close supervision and efforts of the Malaysian evacuation operation.

So far, more than 400 people have been reported killed and more than 3,500 injured since the armed conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) broke out on April 15. - Bernama